Copolymers of polyester resins, styrene and acrylamide and coating compositions containing the same



United States Patent COPOLYMERS 0F POLYESTER RESINS, STYRENE ANDACRYLAMIDE AND COATING COMPOSI- TIONS CGNTAENKNG THE SAME Harry Eurrelland Herbert Behr, Cincinnati, Ohio, as-

signors to llnterchemical Corporation, New York, N.Y. No Drawing. FiledMar. 15, 1962, Ser. No. 130,414

5 Claims. (Cl. 260-42) This invention relates to new organic solventsoluble copolymers containing polyester resins, and more particularly tocopolymers of polyester resins containing styrene and to coatingcompositions of said copolymers.

The novel copolymers of this invention are particularly useful in thatin organic solvents they provide very durable surface coatings which arerelatively inexpensive, exhibit excellent resistance to scratching;detergents, staining and washing, are flexible and display good adhesionto surfaces, especially metal surfaces. These novel copolymers may alsobe blended with a wide variety of copolymers and resins in organicsolvents to provide coatings having the superior properties outlinedabove.

The novel copolymer of this invention comprises the additionpolymerization product of (A) a preformed polyester resin comprising thecondensation product of an ether glycol, an alpha-beta unsaturateddicarboxylic acid and a saturated dicarboxylic acid and (B) styrene. Theresulting copolymers are soluble in organic solvents. The copolymers ofthis invention are quite different from styrene-polyester resinsconventionally used in laminating, molding and casting applications.Such resins are solutions of polyesters or alkyd resins in monomericstyrene solvent. In these materials, any copolymeriza-tion which maytake place between the styrene and the polyester does not take placeuntil the composition is cured to an infusible insoluble thermosetmaterial. Such resins are also known as low pressure resins or contactresins.

The copolymers of this invention will be more fully described in thefollowing specification, in which all proportions are by weight unlessotherwise stated.

The copolymers of this invention show good pigment Wetting power whichmakes easy the dispersion of pigments such as carbon black, titaniumdioxide, phthalocyanines, etc. in vehicles containing these resins.

Two classes of novel copolymers made in accordance with this inventionwhich have been found to be particularly useful in coating compositionsare:

(1) Addition copolymers comprising the above described preformedpolyester resin, styrene and an alphabeta unsaturated monocarboxylicacid, particularly an acrylic acid such as methacrylic or acrylic acid.These copolymers are thermoplastic; and

(2) Addition copolymers comprising the above described preformedpolyester resin, styrene and alkylolated (preferably methylolated)acrylamide. These copolymers are thermosetting.

In accordance with this invention, novel coating compositions areprepared by blending the novel copolymers of class (1) which contain theacrylic acid with aminealdehyde resins, and by using the alkylolatedacrylamide containing copolymers of class (2) alone in coatingcompositions of volatile organic solvents which contain catalysts suchas latent acid catalysts. These compositions will be considered ingreater detail hereinafter.

3,254,039 Patented May 31, 1966 The polyester resins used in thepractice of this invention are prepared by a conventional condensationpolymerization. Suitable ether glycols include diethylene glycol,triethylene glycol, and dipropylene glycol. Suitable saturateddicarboxylic acids include adipic acid, succinic acid, azelaic acid,sebacic acid, glutaric acid and pimetic acid.

The term alpha-beta unsaturated dicarboxylic acids as used in thisinvention is intended to include anhydrides, such as maleic anhydride.Other suitable alphabeta unsaturated acids include maleic acid andfuma'ric acid.

It is preferable the alpha-beta unsaturated dicarboxylic acid content inthe polyetser resin be such that the content of said acid in the finalcopolymer product does not exceed 10 mole-percent and is most preferablyfrom 2 to 6 mole-percent. There are no critical limitations on theamounts of ether glycol or saturated dicarboxylic acid which may beincorporated into the polyester resin.

Preferable proportions range from 5 to 50% for the ether glycol and from10% to for the saturated dicarboxylic acid.

It has been further found to be preferable to incorporate into thepolyester resin a saturated fatty acid having a chain length of from 9to 18 carbon atoms to control the chain length of said polyester resin.Suitable acids include pelargonic, lauric, myristic, palmitic andstearic acids. Most preferably, said saturated fatty acid comprises from0 to 50% of said polyester resin.

The addition copolymerization of the polyester resin, the styrene andthe other ethylenically unsaturated monomers is preferably conducted insolution and is initiated by catalysts or polymerization initiators ofthe free radical type. The most commonly used initiators are azocompounds and organic pe-roxygen compounds. Typical of the organicperoxygen compounds that may advantageously be used for this purpose aresuch compounds as peracetic acid, acetyl peroxide, perbenzoic acid,benzoyl peroxide, lau-royl peroxide, cumene peroxide, stearoyl peroxide,ditertiary butyl peroxide, tertiary butyl hydroperoxide, and methylethyl ketone-hydrogen peroxide adduct. Typical of the azo compounds thatmay be used for this purpose are azo-bisisobutyronitrile andazobisisovaleronitrile. As solvents where the polymerization is insolution, xylene, benzene, ethyl benzene, toluene, mixtures of xyleneand butanol, aromatic petroleum naphthas, lower aliphatic alcohols,ketones and ethers may be used.

In addition to the polyester resin, styrene and acrylic acid oralkylolated acrylamide components, the novel 00- polymers of thisinvention may also contain other ethylenically unsaturated monomers suchas acrylic esters including methyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate,ethyhhexyl acrylate and butyl acrylate, acrylamide, glycol methacrylate,vinyl alkyl ether, vinyl toluene, acrylonitrile andZ-hydroxymethyl-S-ncrbornone. Even acrylic acid e.g., acrylic ormethacrylic acid may be included in the alkylolatedacrylamide-conta'ining reaction mixture.

The novel copolymers of this invention preferably contain from 10% to40% of the preformed polyester resin, from O to 20% of methacrylic acid,from 0 to 20% of alkylolated acrylamide, 0 to 15% of other ethylenicallyunsaturated monomers and the remainder of the copolymer is styrene. I

vvention may be prepared either by (a) the addition polymerization of amixture of the polyester resin, styrene and any other ethylenicallyunsaturated monomers with methylolated acrylamide, (b) the additionpolymerization of the polyester resin, styrene and the other monomerswith acrylamide and then reacting the resulting copolymer withformaldehyde in the conventional manner to methylolate the acrylamidecomponent or preferably by (c) reacting formaldehyde with the acrylamidecomponent during the polymerization of the mixture.

Since, according to a well known expedient, the formaldehyde which isused to methylolate the acrylamide may be used in the form of a solutionin butanol or other lower alkanol so that etherification may take placein which at least some of the methylol groups would be converted toalkoxymethyl e.g., butoxymethyl groups, the term methylolated as used inthe claims is meant to include alkoxymethethylated acrylamides. Theprimary purpose of the alkanol in this invention is to provide a solventfor acryl-amide materials, and it is preferable that the etherificationis held to aminimum.

While methylolated acrylamide made by reacting acrylamide groups withformaldehyde has been primarily men tioned, it is to be understood thatother alkylolated acrylamides provide efiioient alternatives. These areprepared by using other aldehydes such as furfural, butyraldehyde andacetaldehyde in place of formaldehyde.

The novel coating compositions which may be prepared in accordance withthis invention will now be con- 1 sidered. As has been previouslymentioned the novel copolymers comprising styrene, preformed polyesterresin and an acrylic acid component provide excellent coatingcompositions when blended with amine-aldehyde resins. For a number ofyears it has been known that extremely hard thermosetting resins thatare stain and scratch resistant can be made by reaction of an aldehyde(preferably formaldehyde) with a polyfunctional amine, such as urea,b-iuret, dicyandiamide, and triazines such as ammeline, melamine,substitute melamines, benzoguanamine, etc.

These resins are available commercially under trade names such asUformite, Beckamine, Resimene, Aerotex, Cymel, etc. While theseamine-aldehyde resins have proven to be very valuable in a number ofapplications, when used alone they are not satisfactory for most surfacecoating applications due to their poor adhesion to metal surfaces and totheir poor flexibility.

It has been found that when blended with these acrylic acid-containingcopolymers in an organic solvent, aminealdehyde resins produce coatingcompositions which retain all of the desirable properties ofamine-aldehyde resins and have, in addition, greatly improved adhesionand flexibility. Further, because of the large quantities of styrenewhich may be incorporated into the novel copolymer of this invention,such coating compositions may be produced at relatively low cost.

Highly desirable thermosetting coating compositions may bemade byblending the novel copolymers of this invention with amine-aldehyderesins in solutions of organic solvents such as benzene xylene, ethylbenzene toluene, aromatic petroleum naphthas, lower aliphatic alcolhols,ketones and ethers. Suitable amine-aldehyde resins includeurea-formaldehyde resins, .e.g., Beckamine P196 and Resim'ene U920 aswell as resin-s made by the reaction of aldehydes and triazines of theclasses described hereinabove e.-g., butylatedbenzoguanamineformaldehyde resins marketed under the trademark UformiteMX61 or melamine-formaldehyde resin e.g.

, Cymel 255-10.

Preferably ratios by weight on a solids basis in the range from 1:1 to49:1 copolymerzamine-aldehyde are used.

Copolymers of the preformed polyester resin, styrene and methylolatedacrylamide are capable of a wide variety of formulations into novelcoating compositions. When used unblended in volatile organic solvents,these novel copolymers provide thermosetting coating compositions,particularly in the presence of an acid catalyst, particularly a latentacid catalyst. Two of such latent acid catalysts which have been foundto be particularly effective are the pyridine and morpholine salts ofp-toluene sulfonic acid. Among other acid catalysts which give desirableresults are p-toluene sulfonic acid, oxalic acid, phthalic acid andhydrochloric acid.

The catalyst is present in small quantities preferably from 0.1 to 10%of the copolymer weight.

The cured films of the novel methylolated acrylamide- A containingcopolymers are mar-resistant, hard, flexible,

display good adhesion to metal surfaces and are resistant to washing, tosoaps and to detergents. The detergent resistance of the coating may beeven further improved by blending with said novel copolymer an acrylicacid modified epoxide resin nrade by reacting the epoxide groups of apolyepoxide material, especially those made from drhydric phenols,epichlorohydrin in the presence of alkali, with acrylic or methacrylicacids. Polyepoxides that are available commercially for reaction withacryl c or methacrylic acid include: butadiene-13diepox1de,'diglycidylether, Epons, Aroalides, etc.

As noted above, the resinous polyepoxides prepared by rea-ctrng adihydric phenol with epichlorohydrin in the presence of alkali areespecially preferred for the present rnventron. More particularly, theresinous epoxides that have been found to be most effective are thosehaving an epoxrde equivalent between about 225 to 1025 and made byreacting 2,2-bis(hydroxyphenyl) propanes, especially2,2-brs(4-hydroxyphenyl) propane or commercial mixtures of this isomerwith minor quantities of the other rsomers such as2,2-bis(2-hydroxyphenyl) propane, e.g. Brsphenol A; in the presence ofalkali. These materials are available commercially under the trade nameEpon. The polymers are believed to comprise alternate aliphatic cha ns,derived from epichlorohydrin and aromatic nuclei derived from bisphenol,connected by ether oxygens; the terminal aliphatic chains contain anepoxide group, and eachinterior aliphatic chain contains an aliphatichydroxyl.

In carrying out the reaction between the epoxide containing material andthe acrylic or methacrylic acid, the ratios of reactants are preferablyone equivalent of epoxide to one equivalent of carboxyl, or a slightexcess of the carboxyl over this ratio. This reaction takes placereadily at temperatures on the order of to C. Generally a polymerizationinhibitor, such as hydroquinone, in the reaction mixture will bedesirable to inhibit the thermal polymerization of the product formed.It is to be noted, also, that the use of relatively low temperatures soas not to promote esterification of hydroxyl groups by carboxylic acidsis desirable. It has been found that certain catalysts which catalyzethe opening of the oxirane, or epoxide, ring will promote the desiredreaction and minimize the possibility of gelation of the reactionmixture by undesirable side reactions. Particularly effective catalystsare tertiary amines, and N,N-dimethylbenzylamine is an especiallypreferred catalyst.

Preferably the acrylic acid modified epoxide resin constitutes from 3 to20% on a solids basis of the total content of polymeric materials in theblend.

The following examples will illustrate the practice of this invention:

POLYESTERS-RESINS Example A Weight, g. Triethylene glycol 1200 Adipicacid 684 Maleic anhydride 196 Pelargonic acid 316 Example B Example A isrepeated using the same ingredients, conditions and proportions exceptthat lauric acid is used in place of pelargonic acid. The resultingpolyester resin has an acid number of 4.1 and a viscosity of T-U(Gardner-Holdt scale).

Example C Weight, g. Diethylene glycol 424 Adipic acid 554 Maleicanhydride 20 A mixture of the above ingredients is esterified in theconventional manner by heating the mixture at 455 F. for about 6 hours.The resulting product has an acid number of 32.4.

Example D Weight, g. Triethylene glycol 1800 Adipic acid 876 Maleicanhydride 294 A mixture of stearic and palmitic acids having a freefatty acid content of 98.5% (calculated at oleic), a total fatty acidcontent of 102.5% (calculated as oleic) and an 0.5% polyunsaturated acidcontent 840 The above ingredients are reacted in accordance with theprocedure of Example A. The resulting polyester resin has an acid numberof 4.8 and a viscosity of V-W (Gardner-Holdt scale).

Example 1 200 g. of a polymerizable mixture consisting of 20% by weightof the polyester resin of Example A, 4% methacrylic acid and 76% styreneare added to 500 g. xylol and 5 g. benzoyl peroxide and the mixtureheated to reflux (at about 284 C.). While the mixture is maintained atreflux, an additional 780 g. of the above mixture are added over aperiod of 90 minutes after which an additional 500 g. of xylol and g. ofbenzoyl'peroxide are added over a period of 75 minutes. The mixture ismaintained at reflux for 3 more hours after which 10 g. of benzoylperoxide are added and heating at reflux is continued for 2 additionalhours. Then 10 g. additional benzoyl peroxide are added and refluxing iscontinued for 2% hours. The resulting copolymer solution has a viscosityof Z Z (Gardner-Holdt), an acid number of 15.6 and a solids content of50.5% by weight. The solution is compatible with amine-aldehyde resins.It is blended with Beckamine P196 (urea-formaldehyde resin) in a Weightratio (solids basis) of'7 parts of copolymer to 3 parts of said resin.Black iron panels are coated with this blend and then baked at 325 F.for minutes. The resulting films have excellent hardness and adhesionand satisfactory flexibility.

Example 2 Example 1 is repeated using the same conditions, ingredientsand proportions except that the polyester resin of Example B issubstituted for the resin of Example A. The results are the same asthose of Example 1.

Example 3 200 g. of a polymerizable mixture consisting of 30% by weightof the polyester resin of Example A, 5% of methacrylic acid and 65%styrene are added to 500 g. xylol and 5 g. benzoyl peroxide and themixture is heated to reflux. While the mixture is maintained at reflux,an additional 800 g. of the above mixture are added over a period of 2hours after which an additional 500 g. of xylol and 10 g. benzoylperoxide are added over a period of /2 hour. Refluxing is continued fortwo more hours. The resulting copolymer has a viscosity of Z and asolids content of 50% by weight.

The solution is compatible with amine-aldehyde resins. It is blendedwith Uformite MX61 (butylated benzoguanamine-formaldehyde resin) in aweight ratio (solids basis) of 7 parts of copolymer to 3 parts of saidresin. Black iron panels are coated with this blend and then baked at325 F. for 15 minutes. The resulting films have excellent hardness,adhesion and flexibility. They also display good mar resistance.

Example 4 200 g. of a polymerizable mixture consisting of 31% by weightof the polyester resin of Example C, 4% methacrylic acid, 15% glycolmethacrylate and 50% styrene are added to 500 g. xylol and 5 g. benzoylperoxide and the mixture is heated to reflux. While the mixture ismaintained at reflux, an additional 800 g. of the above polymerizablemixture are added over a period of minutes together with an additional10 g. of benzoyl peroxide. Then 500 g. of xylol are added and themixture is maintained at reflux for an additional hour, after which 500g. of butanol are added and refluxing continued for another hour. 10 g.of benzoyl peroxide are added and refluxing is continued for 90 minutes.The resulting copolymer solution has a viscosity L-M (Gradner-Holdt) anda total solids content by weight of 39.2%.

The solution is compatible with amine-aldehyde resins. It is blendedwith Uformite MX61 (butylated benzoguanamine-forrnaldehyde resin) in aweight ratio (solids basis) of 7 parts of copolymer to 3 parts of saidresin. Black iron panels are coated with this blend and then baked at325 F. for 15 minutes. While the resulting films have satisfactoryproperties, they do not display adhesion, flexibility and mar resistanceas good as that of the films of Example 1.

Example 5 300 g. of a polymerizable mixture consisting of 30% of thepolyester of Example D, 62% styrene and 8% methacrylic acid are added to750 g. of xylol, 250 g. of butanol and 7.5 g. of benzoyl peroxide andthe mixture is heated to reflux. While the mixture is maintained atreflux, an additional 1200 g. of the polymerizable mixture are addedover a period of 1 hour. The mixture is permitted to reflux for 1 hourafter which 10 g. of benzoyl peroxide and 20 g. of butanol are added andthe mixture is continued at reflux for 2 /1 hours. The resultingsolution has a viscosity of Z (Gardner-Holdt) and a 59% solids content.

The solution is compatible with amine-aldehyde resins. It is blendedwith Beckamine P196 (urea-formaldehyde resin) in a weight ratio (solidsbasis) of 7 parts of copolymer to 3 parts of said resin. Black ironpanels are coated with this blend and then baked at 325 F. for 15minutes. The resulting films have excellent hardness and adhesion andgood flexibility.

7 Example 6 resin) in a Weight ratio (solids basis) of 7 parts ofcopolymer to 3 parts of said resin. Black iron panels are coated withthis blend and then baked at 325 F. for 15 minutes. The resulting filmshave excellent hardness and good flexibility and mar resistance.

Example 7 300 g. of a polymerizable mixture consisting of 30% by weight.of the polyester resin of Example D, 56% styrene and 14% methacrylicacid are added to 750 g. of xylol and 7.5 g. of benzoyl peroxide, andthe mixture is heated to and maintained at reflux for 1 hour while 1200g. of said polymerizable mixture are added. An additional 750 g. ofxylol and 7.5 g. of benzoyl peroxide are then added while the mixture ismaintained at reflux. Then 500 g. of butanol are added and the mixtureis maintained at reflux for another hour. The resulting copolymersolution has a viscosity of V and a solids content The solution iscompatible with amine-aldehyde resins. It is blended with Beckamine P196(urea-formaldehyde resin) in a weight ratio (solids basis) of 7 parts ofcopolymer to 3 parts of said resin. Black iron panels are coated withthis blend and then baked at 325 F. for 15 minutes. The resulting filmshave good hardness and adhesion as well as good flexibility and marresistance.

Example 8 Example 1 is repeated using the same conditions, ingredientsand proportions except that a polymerizable mixture of 25% polyester ofExample A, methacrylic acid, 5% acrylonitrile and 65% of styrene aresubstituted for the polymerizable mixture of Example 1.

The resulting film displays excellent adhesion, flexibility and marresistance.

Example 9 mitted to reflux for another hour, at which point, 10 g;

of benzoyl peroxide are added and the mixture maintained at reflux foran additional hour. 10 g. more of benzoyl peroxide are added and themixture refluxed for 1 /2 hours. Another 10 g. of benzoyl peroxide areadded and the mixture is permitted to reflux for 2 /2 hours, at whichpoint 10 g. more of benzoyl peroxide are added. The mixture is thenheated for 1 /2 additional hours. The mixture is cooled and filtered.The resulting copolymer solution has a viscosity of U+ (Gardner-Holdt)and a solids content of 45.8% by weight.

A cured coating of this copolymer may be produced by adding 1%, based onthe total composition weight of 25% solution of p-toluene sulfonic inn-propanol and coating black iron panels with said composition. Thepanels are baked at 325 F. for minutes. The resultinnlg filmshaveexcellent adhesion, mar resistance and flexiiity.

8 Example 10 Weight, g.

Polyester resin of Example D 450 2-hydroxymethyl-5-norborneneMethacrylic acid -2 60 Styrene 870 Benzoyl peroxide 22.5

Solvesso (an aromatic hydrocarbon solvent havv ing a boiling range of369 to 412 F. and a K.B. value of 92.1) 750 Butanol 250 A monomermixture is formed of the first four of the above items and 300 g. ofsaid mixture is added to a mixture of the Solvesso 150, butanol and /3of the benzoyl peroxide at reflux. While the mixture is maintained atreflux, the remaining monomer mixture is added over a period of 1 hour.Refluxing is continued for about four hours with the second and third %sof the benzoyl peroxide being added at equal time intervals. Theresulting solution has a solids content of 56.1%, a conversion topolymer of 93.5% and a viscosity of Y+ (Gardner-Holdt scale).

Example 11 The copolymer solution of Example 5 is blended withamine-aldehyde resins as follows: 32 g. of the copolymer solution isblended on a three-roll mill with 13.1 g. of Uformite' MX61 (butylatedbenzoguanamineformaldehyde resin) and 9 g. of Cymel 255-10 (isobutylatedmelamine-formaldehyde resin) together with 24.4 g. of TiO ,-4 g. of Epon1001, 2 g. of a 5% solution of ethyl hydroxy cellulose in toluene and 5g. of xylol. Black iron panels are coated with this blend and then bakedfor 15 minutes at 325 F. The resulting white films display nodiscoloration, excellent hardness, flexibility, mar

resistance and adhesion.

Example 12 The following materials are blended on a three-roll mill:

Parts by Weight Epon 1001 is an epoxy resin produced by the reaction ofBisphenol A and epichlorohydrin "having a molecular Weight of 875, anepoxide equivalent of 450-525 and a hydroxyl equivalent of 130.

Black iron panels are coated with the blend and then baked for 15minutes at 325 F. The resulting White films display no discoloration anddisplay better hardness, flexibility and adhesion properties than do thefilms of Example 11. This coating also has excellent detergentresistance.

While there have been described what is at present considered to be thepreferred embodiments of this invention, it will be obvious to thoseskilled in the art that various changes and modifications may bemadetherein Without departing from the invention, and it is, therefore,aimed to cover all such changes and modifications as fall within thetrue spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. An organic solvent soluble copolymer comprising the additionpolymerization product of (A) polyester resin comprising thecondensation polymerization product of triethylene glycol, maleicanhydride, adipic acid and a saturated fatty acid having a chain lengthof from 9 to 18 carbons, (B) styrene, and (C) acrylamide, in whichproduct said acrylamide is methylolated.

2. The copolymer of claim 1 wherein the maleic anhydride content of thecopolymer is from 2 to 6 molepercent.

3. A surface coating composition comprising a volatile organic solventsolution of the copolymer defined in claim 1.

4. A heat curable surface coating composition comprising a volatileorganic solvent solution of the copolymer of claim 1 and an acidcatalyst.

5. A heat curable surface coating composition comprising (A) a volatileorganic solvent solution of the copolymer of claim 1, (B) an acidcatalyst and (C) a resin made by reacting (1) the epoxide groups of aresinous epoxide having an epoxide equivalent between 225 and 1025 andmade by reacting 2,2-bis(hydroxyphenyl) propane With epichlorohydrinwith (2) an equivalent amount of an acrylic acid.

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20 LEON I. BERCOVITZ, Primary Examiner.

R. W. GRIFFIN, F. MCKELVEY, Assistant Examiners.

1. AN ORGANIC SOLVENT SOLUBLE COPOLYMER COMPRISING THE ADDITIONPOLYMERIZATION PRODUCT OF (A) POLYESTER RESIN COMPRISING THECONDENSATION POLYMERIZATION PRODUCT OF TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL, MALEICANHYDRIDE, ADIPIC ACID AND A SATURATED FATTY ACID HAVING ACHAIN LENGTHOF FROM 9 TO 18 CARBONS, (B) STYRENE, AND (CE ACRYLAMIDE, IN WHICHPRODUCT SAID ACRYLAMIDE IS METHYLOLATED.